News article from Go English magazine Audio CD
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Wellington and Mexico City share earthquake expertise New Zealand and Mexico can learn a lot from each other when it comes to earthquakes as both countries of capital cities near major faults on with the large areas built on reclaimed land. Structural earthquake engineers who visited ruins in Mexico City after the 2017 earthquake recognised that Wellington has similar vulnerable constructions. In 2016 many South Island buildings survived the Kaikoura earthquake unscathed, but that was largely because Wellington was further from the epicentre. Any closer on the storey would be completely different. A government inquiry into building standards is ongoing, but industry experts fear that property owners will leave improvements until the last minute, creating a demand that will be difficult for the engineering industry to meet.